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Galerix exilis

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Galerix exilis was named by de Blainville (1839). It is not extant.

Synonyms
  • Galerix sudreae was named by Baudelot (1972). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN Sa 13728, a mandible (Fragment madible dex. with c-p2).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Galerix exilis by Engesser (1980).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Galerix exilis de Blainville
1972Galerix sudreae Baudelot p. 212 figs. PL. I, fig. 3
1977Galerix exilis Antunes and Mein

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusGalerixPomel 1848
speciesexilisde Blainville 1839

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839
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Invalid names: Galerix sudreae Baudelot 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Baudelot 1972 (Galerix sudreae)Cette forme diffère de la précédente par la dimension plus faible de la deuxième prémolaire inférieure, la double racine à p1, une p4 plus épaisse ou le métaconide, plus renflé et plus haut, se détache comme un bourgon de la muraille linguale dont il est séparé par une vallée plus élargie que sur Pseudogalerix.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 5 or 16.90000 to 13.65000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Galerix exilis (201492)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Galerix exilis (205184)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Galerix exilis (37238)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Galerix exilis (39714 199780 199782)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Valencia) Galerix exilis (40031)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) Galerix exilis (71873)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Galerix exilis (90354)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Galerix exilis (205187)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Portugal (Região Centro) Galerix exilis (136322 136334)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Galerix exilis (46229)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Galerix exilis (32191)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Spain (Soria) Galerix exilis (40755)